kuru
kuru
a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned [napredujoča bolezen centralnega živčnega sistema, ki se kaže z naraščajočo odsotnostjo koordinacije in nadaljuje s paralizo ter smrtjo v roku enega leta po pojavu simptomov; domnevajo, da se prenaša s krvjo, ki je okužena z boleznijo, kar se je skoraj povsem ustavilo z opustitvijo kanibalizma pri ljudeh]
Dostopnost
Dostopnost